Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 5 1 4 2
Burleson ss 4 0 1 1
Rice dh 5 1 2 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 5 0 1 0
Lynn cf 4 1 1 1
Scott 1b 4 1 1 0
Evans rf 2 1 1 0
Hobson 3b 3 1 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 5 1 3 1
Kuiper 2b 5 0 1 0
Grubb lf 5 0 2 0
Thornton 1b 4 1 1 1
Horton dh 5 0 1 0
Blanks ss 4 0 2 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Manning cf 3 1 1 0
Pruitt c 3 0 1 0
Garland p 0 0 0 0
  Waits p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 13 2
Boston 110 003 0016111
Cleveland 000 000 1113131
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (1-0) 8.1 13 3 2 2 5
  Burgmeier   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Drago  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
3
2
2
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garland  L (1-1) 6.0 9 5 5 4 6
  Waits   3.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
8

  E–Hobson (1), Thornton (1).  2B–Cleveland Grubb 2 (3,off Torrez 2); Manning (1,off Torrez); Dade (2,off Torrez).  HR–Boston Rice (2,1st inning off Garland 0 on, 2 out); Lynn (1,2nd inning off Garland 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Thornton (3,8th inning off Torrez 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Burleson (1,off Waits); Manning (1,off Torrez).  SB–Remy (4,2nd base off Garland/Pruitt); Burleson (1,2nd base off Garland/Pruitt).  CS–Dade (1,2nd base by Torrez/Fisk).  WP–Torrez (1).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–(none), 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:34.  A–6,234.
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